Andhra Pradesh is witnessing interesting developments ahead of the Assembly elections next year with former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu meeting top election strategist Prashant Kishor days after the TDP-JSP alliance sounded the poll bugle.
It has become a trend for many to engage in harsh criticism of a political party and its leaders, aiming to garner support from the opposition group and gain power or favor from them.
Within hours of political strategist Prashant Kishor landing in Vijayawada and going to the residence of Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, there were speculations in a section of media that Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) has dumped the YSR Congress party led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and joined hands with the TDP.
Former Congress MP from Rajahmundry and self-styled intellectual Vundavalli Arun Kumar has a word of caution for YSR Congress party and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in the selection of party candidates for contesting the upcoming elections in the state.
The decision of the Telugu Desam Party led by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to engage popular political strategist Prashant Kishor was taken with a pinch of salt by YSR Congress party.
The landing of popular political strategist and founder of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) Prashant Kishor, along with Telugu Desam Party general secretary Nara Lokesh, in Vijayawada airport, has been a talking point in the state politics since Saturday afternoon.
The launch of a new political party – Jai Bharat National Party – by former IPS officer and ex-joint director of Central Bureau of Investigation V V Lakshminarayana, popularly known as JD, on Friday has not evoked much curiosity in the political circles.
All these days, it was confined to just a speculation in Andhra Pradesh political circles that noted political strategist Prashant Kishor was being roped in as an advisor to Telugu Desam Party led by former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
GreatAndhra was the first to break the news a few days ago that Prashant Kishor is working for TDP despite the I-PAC team working for YSRCP.
Kapus, who have been supporting Pawan Kalyan's political career, are genuinely disturbed by the latest statement made by Lokesh Nara.
Ahead of Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Lok Sabha polls, former CBI Joint Director V. V. Lakshmi Narayana on Friday floated a new political party to fight for special category status to the state.
Even as YSR Congress Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is actively making changes to the list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections, speculations have been circulating on social media.
Strange are the ways of former joint director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) V V Lakshminarayana, better known in political circles as JD.
Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is not leaving any chance to get back to power in the state at any cost in the upcoming assembly elections.
Whether anyone agrees or not, the YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh has been doing a lot of good work in two major sectors – health and education, introducing new programmes and implementing them vigorously in these sectors.